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5 Inmates Charged with Armed Robbery and Murder

5 Inmates Charged with Armed Robbery and Murder

August 13, 2012

Jackson, GA - The GBI has charged 5 inmates at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia with the armed robbery and murder of fellow inmate, Laderick Cornellius Chappel, 33, Albany, Ga. The inmates were charged as a result of an investigation conducted by agents of the GBI Milledgeville Regional Office and prison officials early Friday morning after Chappel was thrown to his death from the second floor of a prison dormitory. An autopsy was conducted Friday morning at the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur indicating Chappel died from the blunt force trauma caused by the fall. Inmates charged are as follows: